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    Meg A Frizzola, DO

    Chief of Medical Staff - DV
    Provider Profile

    ֲý Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

    Biography

    Meg Frizzola, DO, FAAP, is Chief of Medical Staff, ֲý Children's Health, Delaware Valley (NCHDV). As Chief of Medical Staff, Meg manages the physician workforce, from recruitment to development, engagement and retention, establishes physician performance targets, and creates and lead the clinical direction, strategy and growth of NCHDV. Dr. Frizzola graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2003 and went on to complete her pediatric residency and critical care fellowship at ֲý Children's Hospital, Delaware (NCHDE). She advanced to the position of staff intensivist in 2009, and to several leadership roles in rapid succession, including: Division Chief of the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (2016); Department Chair, Pediatrics at Jefferson Health Northeast (2017); Vice Chair of Pediatrics, Jefferson Health (2018); President, NCHDE Medical Executive Committee (2019); and Interim Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, NCHDE and the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University (2019) — where she was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics later that year. A graduate of the prestigious Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program at Drexel University, Dr. Frizzola is board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics with sub-board certifications in pediatric critical care and pediatric hospice and palliative medicine. She is licensed in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. She has also completed the Leadership Academy at the Thomas Jefferson University, the Physician Leadership Development Program at ֲý, and the Physician & Hospital Leadership Seminar with the Medical Executive Committee Institute. Her scholarly work includes involvement in multiple IRB studies and quality improvement projects.

    Fellowship

    • Pediatric Critical Care - ֲý/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 2009

    Internship Residency

    • Pediatrics - ֲý Childrens Hospital, Delaware, 2006

    Medical/Dental School

    • Osteopathic Physician - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 2003

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Pediatrics/Critical Care
    • American Board of Pediatrics/Hospice & Palliative Medicine
    • American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics

    • Clinical Ethics
    • Critical Care Medicine
    • Sepsis

    • Clinical and Laboratory Predictors of Dehydration Severity in Children With Diabetic Ketoacidosis; Annals of Emergency Medicine; (2023).

    • Characteristics and Outcomes of Sepsis Presenting in Inpatient Pediatric Settings; Hospital Pediatrics; (2022).

    • Association Between the First-Hour Intravenous Fluid Volume and Mortality in Pediatric Septic Shock; Annals of Emergency Medicine; (2022).

    • Metric Development for the Multicenter Improving Pediatric Sepsis Outcomes (IPSO) Collaborative; Pediatrics; (2021).

    • Serum sodium concentration and mental status in children with diabetic ketoacidosis; Pediatrics; (2021).

    • Epigenetics in child psychiatry; Epigenetics in Psychiatry; (2021).

    • Development of a quality improvement learning collaborative to improve pediatric sepsis outcomes; Pediatrics; (2021).

    • Thyroid storm with encephalopathy and cardiovascular symptoms refractory to medical management in an adolescent; International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science; (2020).

    • Severe cardiac dysfunction in a patient with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19: Retrospective diagnosis of a puzzling presentation. A case report; Progress in Pediatric Cardiology; (2020).

    • Frequency and risk factors of acute kidney injury during diabetic ketoacidosis in children and association with neurocognitive outcomes; JAMA Network Open; (2020).

    • Thyroid storm with encephalopathy and cardiovascular symptoms refractory to medical management in an adolescent.; International journal of critical illness and injury science; (2020).

    • Evaluating Pediatric Sepsis Definitions Designed for Electronic Health Record Extraction and Multicenter Quality Improvement*; Critical Care Medicine; (2020).

    • 4.69 CATATONIA OR PAROXYSMAL SYMPATHETIC HYPERACTIVITY? A CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW OF CATATONIA IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry; (2019).

    • 1414; Critical Care Medicine; (2019).

    • Reduction in Pre-vasoactive Fluid Administration with Implementation of a Sepsis Bundle; Pediatric quality & safety; (2019).

    • 1696; Critical Care Medicine; (2019).

    • Early Experience with a Novel Strategy for Assessment of Sepsis Risk: The Shock Huddle; Pediatric Quality and Safety; (2019).

    • A national survey of resources to address sepsis in children in tertiary care centers in Nigeria; Frontiers in Pediatrics; (2019).

    • Uncuffed Endotracheal Tubes: Not Appropriate for Pediatric Critical Care Transport; Air Medical Journal; (2019).

    • Palliative sedation with oral medicines in an infant with generalized severe junctional epidermolysis bullosa; Journal of Palliative Medicine; (2018).

    • Corrigendum to “Pediatric Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Patient with Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Takotsubo Syndrome” [Air Medical Journal 37 (2018) 64-66] (S1067991X17302110) (10.1016/j.amj.2017.09.002)); Air Medical Journal; (2018).

    • Pediatric Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Patient With Traumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Takotsubo Syndrome; Air Medical Journal; (2018).

    • Electronic Screening Tool and Shock Huddle Process for Children at Risk for Sepsis; Pediatric quality & safety; (2018).

    • Electronic Screening Tool and Shock Huddle Process for Children at Risk for Sepsis; Pediatric Quality & Safety; (2018).

    • Retrospective review of limitations of care for inpatients at a free-standing, tertiary care children's hospital; Children; (2018).

    • Guidelines for Family-Centered Care in the Neonatal, Pediatric, and Adult ICU; Critical Care Medicine; (2017).

    • Recent Experience Establishing a New Pediatric Palliative Care Team; The Journal of Pediatrics; (2015).

    • Referrals to a new pediatric palliative care team: Details of the first 12 months of operation; Journal of Palliative Medicine; (2014).

    • Lemierre syndrome in a 22-month-old due to streptococcus pyogenes: A case report; Pediatric Emergency Care; (2011).

    • High-flow nasal cannula: Impact on oxygenation and ventilation in an acute lung injury model; Pediatric Pulmonology; (2011).

    • Diabetic Ketoacidosis; Pediatrics: a competency-based companion; (2011).

    • Incidental finding of vitamin-D deficient rickets in an otherwise healthy infant--a reappraisal of current vitamin-D supplementation guidelines.; Journal of the National Medical Association; (2005).